亞馬遜（Amazon.com）是一家總部位於美國西雅圖的跨國電子商務企業。公司業務起始於線上書店，近年來所販賣的商品走向多元化發展。目前亞馬遜是全球最大的網際網路線上零售商之一。自本週起連續五週，我們將一起讀亞馬遜的簡史，每次連載的文章以中級程度的英文寫成，希望能協助拉近英文非母語學習者和商業現實世界之間的距離。
It's hard to imagine the Internet without Amazon.com. One of the Web's first major e-tailers, Amazon has become almost synonymous with online shopping. Since its early days of just selling books, Amazon has ballooned into a multi-product, multibillion-dollar company. Along the way, it has survived the ups and downs of the Internet's growth, which has seen many competitors come and go.
【單字及片語】
• e-tailer (n.) 網路零售商：a store that sells things on the Internet
• balloon (v.)（像氣球般）膨脹：quickly expand
本文摘錄自《跟白安竹老師學英文閱讀》，中文翻譯將會張貼於眾文粉絲團
